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Australodocus bohetii
Taxonomy
Australodocus bohetii was named by Remes (2007). Its type specimen is HMN MB.R.2455 [G 70], a set of vertebrae, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tendaguru Quarry G, which is in a Tithonian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Australodocus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2007 | Australodocus bohetii Remes p. 655 |
2009 | Australodocus bohetii Remes p. 26 |
2011 | Australodocus bohetii Rauhut p. 198 |
2011 | Australodocus bohetii Whitlock p. 334 |
2012 | Australodocus bohetii D'Emic |
2012 | Australodocus bohetii Ibiricu et al. p. 227 |
2012 | Australodocus bohetii Le Loeuff et al. p. 487 |
2013 | Australodocus bohetii Tschopp and Mateus p. 871 |
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†Australodocus bohetii Remes 2007
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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K. Remes 2007 | Diplodocid sauropod with cervical pleurocoel weakly developed; ridge posterolateral to anterior condyle strongly posteroventrally inclined; anteriorly facing triangular pneumatic cavity ventral to prezygapophysis, enclosed by the lateral ramus of the centroprezygapophyseal lamina and an anteriorly extended prezygodiapophyseal lamina; prominent prezygapophyseal process pointed, laterally keeled and reaching further anterior than the prezygapophysis. Additionally, Australodocus differs from other diplodocids in the combination of following traits: mid-cervical centra moderately elongate (Elongation Index < 4Æ1); pleurocentral lamina widened to form a shelf; parapophyses broad and robust; neural arch deep relative to centrum height; lateral ramus of centroprezygapophyseal lamina pillar-like. | |
J. A. Whitlock 2011 | Titanosauriform sauropod characterized by the following combination of characters: bifurcate mid-cervical neural spines, a robust accessory anterior process of the prezygapophysis, and an anteroventral expansion of the prezygapophyseal–diapophyseal lamina (prdl) in mid-cervical vertebrae, enclosing the lateral margin of an anteriorly-facing, triangular cavity beneath the prezygapophysis. |